New York Mets 1972 Team Highlight film Narrated by Mets broadcasting team Lindsay Nelson, Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy. a look back on the past 10 years of the Mets from the early days at the polo grounds to a World Championship Season led by Mets Manager Gil Hodges, followed by highlights throughout the 1972 season including the tragic death of Gil Hodges in Spring Training as Yogi Berra takes over as Mets manager. and the year he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. the ’72 season also brings in the greatest player of all time to the Mets roster the ‘set hey’ kid Willie Mays. who was asked to join the team by mets owner Joan Payson. Highlights include spotlights on off season additions like Jim Fregosi and Rusty Staub with rookies John Milner and Jon Matlack who earns the Rookie of the Year Award for ’72., Mets All-Star reliever Tug McGraw who joins the All Star Team in Atlanta highlights of the All Star Game. Special event days at Shea Stadium Old Timers Game, Mayors Trophy Game and Banner Day and Family Day and a Tom Seaver spotlight/interview as he reflects on yet another 20 win season The Mets retired Gil Hodges’s number 14 the following season
Recorded and Digitalized off a pre-recorded VHS and has been recently restored/remastered
1972 New York Mets
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Happy 100th birthday to Gil Hodges. Born April 4th 1924.Died way to young.
I'm loving all these Mets highlights I'm a fan since childhood
Happy Birthday Gil gone way to young.
Summer of '72, most weekends when Mets were home were overcast or rainy.
O's had good momentum in Game 5 of '69 Series until the shoe polish argument by Weaver Hendricks and McNally in the 6th.
Not only did Frank Robinson homer but McNally also in the 3rd. But they seemed to become unnerved when Robinson claimed
he was hit by a pitch in top of 6th and the ensuing argument and his lengthy retreat to dugout runway for inspection by O's trainer
(which did reveal a bruise on his hip) when he returned he seemed distracted and was rung up by Kooz.
Right after Hodges produced the ball then O's trio squawked, Clendenon produced 2 runs and in the 7th Al Weis went deep and
destroyed any confidence the O's had – it was all downhill from then on.
Even AL umps knew and respected Hodges who was sharp enough to use his reputation to best advantage when it counted most.
Weaver did not have that luxury and probably cost his superior team a path to win.
Aside from pulling off signing Seaver, the club's most important deal was to send pitcher Bill Denehy to Senators for Hodges.
Willie arriving spelled the end of Tommie Agee's time in NY, Kranepool was close to gone but Hodges passing kept that from
happening and with all the injuries the thinness of Mets farm system gave him an opportunity to 'produce'.
What influenced '73 Mets was acquiring Millan and George Stone, emergence of Tug, better recovery from injuries
and the death of Roberto Celemente.
In May and June of that year, some the game sequences for movie "Bang the Drum Slowly" were shot at Shea and Yankee Stadium.